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ENB - Region 2 Notices 9/16/2009

Notice of Acceptance of Final EIS

Kings County (Brooklyn) - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC), as lead agency, has accepted a Final Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed South Pier Improvement Project (SPIP). A hard copy of the FEIS is available at the following locations: Community Board 7, 4201 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232, Phone: (718) 854-0003, E-mail: communityboard7@yahoo.com; NYC Public Library, 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY 11220, Phone: (718) 567-2806; NYC Public Library, 7 Wolcott Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 11231, Phone: (718) 935-0203; NYS DEC - Region 2 Office, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101, Phone: (718) 482-4997 The online version of the FEIS is available at the following NYS DEC website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6061.html, and at the South Pier Improvement Project website: www.USPowerGen.com.

The action consists of two components; the installation of one General Electric LMS 100 combustion turbine/electric generator at the existing Gowanus Generating Station, and an emissions reduction strategy for the new turbine and for the existing electric generating equipment at that facility. The project is located on the South Pier of the Gowanus Generating Station, with the entrance on 29th Street and 2nd Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.